Earlier Decisions-in-Principles

Posiva submitted an application for a decision-in-principle to the Government in 1999. In this application, Posiva proposed  Olkiluoto in Eurajoki as the site for the final disposal of the spent nuclear fuel from the Olkiluoto and Loviisa power plants in operation at that time, and that KBS-3 would be the chosen method for executing the final disposal.

For the decision, the Government requested statements from the municipality of Eurajoki and from the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority. The municipal council of Eurajoki approved Olkiluoto as the site for the repository by 20 votes to 7. After having received these statements, the Government saw no obstacle to a positive decision-in-principle, which was made in December 2000. The proposal was further discussed by the Parliament, which, in May 2001, ratified the Government’s positive decision-in-principle by 159 votes to 3.

In 2002 the Government made a decision-in-principle on the final disposal of the spent nuclear fuel from Olkiluoto 3 in the Olkiluoto bedrock.